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Beyond Good & Evil 2 Sept 28, 2020 18:40:49 GMT

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Michel:

I left Video Games because I was exhausted, this is not a way for me to escape any responsibilities. Like many other people , I participate to the independent investigation because I still believe in truth and justice.

I ask Liberation to question itself about the violence of its methods.

Real stories of real people are not a product

Hard to tell how much of this is good, or if it's actually just a Trumpism.

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Beyond Good & Evil 2 Sept 30, 2020 21:38:34 GMT

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michelancel
Jade investigation : Libération Article part 1

Jade: Mr Ancel , you said the journalist used informations from jealous people full of rage , this is a serious allegation.

Michel Ancel: There is a group of veterans developpers at Ubi Soft Montpellier and they hate me since years.

J: Can you prove this.

MA: I brought 3 pieces of 10 years old evidences

swipe left to pic #1 - Comics sent to the whole studio. Describing me beeing super powerfull, doing nothing at work , having a big salary and having my own working place. I have nothing against the artist behind the pencil , he just said what some veterans were thinking in my back. I removed the sexual jokes and other bad things against me ( the comics is longer)

swipe left to pic #2 - My response to the whole studio. This was too unfair . Bge prototype just got killed after two intense years or work. We had no money, no coders. We helped the other teams. This was opposed to what was said in the comics and thought by the toxic veterans.

swipe left to pic #3 - The Response from the artist where you realize how much hate and jealousy against me is spreaded by these veterans.

J: What happened after ?

MA: We made a new engine called Ubi Art and 2 fantastic games Rayman origins(87 meta.) and Rayman Legends (92 meta.) . Not bad for lazy developpers ! Some veterans worked on Tintin ( 59 meta.) . This has generated more jealousy and anger...

J : why showing these 10 years old evidences ?

MA: Because it's the same attack from the same people but stronger. They say the same thing : Michel has all powers, he does what he wants, he's not working seriously ... But this time it's not a comics, they have manipulated the journalist to destroy me. They are not trying to make working conditions better or help anybody. They testified for revenge. Once again everything is false.

J: why so much hate ?

MA: Some had their project killed (not by me) . Some quit Ubi for their own creations but came back for money , frustrated. Some didn't appreciate to be challenged during production.

J: Maybe you asked for too much ?

MA: That's a bit more complicated...

J: Ok, good topic for another investigation, thank you.

frederic745
I confirm there was a bunch of senior haters when I joined Ubi Montpellier. I cannot say if they had good reasons or not to hate Michel, I joined after the "war".

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Beyond Good & Evil 2 Oct 2, 2020 19:37:50 GMT

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Meï investigation: Libération article part 2

Mei: Mr Ancel, can you tell us about these famous "fake informations" ?

Ancel: Yes, almost everything in the article is false.

Quick fact checking

#1

Liberation: " Ancel is carrying the project since last week"

False : I never carried the project. There is a project manager and he has the final cut, the final decision . More embarrassing for the journalist, I've not been working on the game for the last 2 years. Instead I worked on the IP and the trailers with Unit image in a team of 4 to 10 people max. I gave very very few art or design feedbacks for the game as a consultant but without any power of decision.

#2

Liberation: "Toxic methods as described by his teams"

False : Again they are not my teams just because I'm not in the game staff since years. There is a clear separation Between IP( Team I'm working for) and game.

#3

Liberation:"The project seems to be in a dead end"

False : "The game is on tracks and the next milesones will be delivered"

#4

Liberation: "The project is organized around Michel Ancel"

Super False : The project is organized around the main game topics (pirate, spaceship, planets, tools, tech, etc...). This is a classic project organization. it's not a "custom organisation " dedicated to me. Proof ? even if I 've not been on the project for years they use that organisation.

#5

Liberation " Yves Guillemot renewed his confidence in Ancel at the end of August, against the advice of the teams"

False : He never renewed anything about me and the game, just because... I am not working on the game...

Jägerbomber Administrator Posts: 14,195	Beyond Good & Evil 2 Oct 2, 2022 16:12:42 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Jägerbomber on Oct 2, 2022 16:12:42 GMT Also, almost a year ago BG&E 2 surpassed Duke Nukem Forever in length of time since announcement.
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Jägerbomber Administrator Posts: 14,195	Beyond Good & Evil 2 Feb 27, 2023 21:48:24 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Jägerbomber on Feb 27, 2023 21:48:24 GMT The current head of BG&E2 is out: kotaku.com/beyond-good-evil-2-ubisoft-montpellier-assassins-creed-1850164420

Jägerbomber Administrator Posts: 14,195	Beyond Good & Evil 2 Mar 22, 2023 16:47:30 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Jägerbomber on Mar 22, 2023 16:47:30 GMT https://www.instagram.com/p/CqDFTuiqPFj

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Beyond Good & Evil 2 Jul 7, 2023 13:29:50 GMT

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Not Ancel, but WELP

www.gameinformer.com/obituary/2023/07/07/beyond-good-and-evil-2-creative-director-emile-morel-dies-at-40

Ancel:

Emile Morel has left us. He was a huge video game creator, an enthusiast.

The first memory that comes back to me is that childish smile, that wonderment at our common creations. Emile whistled the game's music, often laughing alone in front of his screen while testing the latest playable maps. Emile didn't make video games, he literally lived them. This energy carried me through the sometimes difficult moments of creation. It was enough to exchange with Emile to see the doubts disappear and let oneself be carried away by the creative instinct. Emile could carry an entire project as one holds a newborn, with love and kindness. This love of art, this immense culture, he never hesitated to share it, nourishing those who were lucky enough to meet him.

Emile was an eminently generous person, of an absolute positivism. Emile, I keep your energy within me, I know that it will continue to help me, to guide me.

I am thinking of all your loved ones.

Rest in peace my friend.

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Jägerbomber Administrator Posts: 14,195	Beyond Good & Evil 2 Aug 31, 2023 13:50:15 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Jägerbomber on Aug 31, 2023 13:50:15 GMT ESRB has rated BG&E 20th Anniversary Edition
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spaceboy Administrator Posts: 1,027	Beyond Good & Evil 2 Sept 1, 2023 17:46:17 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by spaceboy on Sept 1, 2023 17:46:17 GMT Interesting. Sounds like a port and no type of remaster though.

Jägerbomber Administrator Posts: 14,195	Beyond Good & Evil 2 Sept 1, 2023 18:08:11 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Jägerbomber on Sept 1, 2023 18:08:11 GMT I've never thought it needed one. The complaint that annoys me the most about inverted controls. I've pretty much never not been able to get used to inverted controls a few moments after I use them. come on

spaceboy Administrator Posts: 1,027	Beyond Good & Evil 2 Sept 1, 2023 22:47:02 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by spaceboy on Sept 1, 2023 22:47:02 GMT I always invert Y, and I do have trouble playing without inverted, I can see the issue tbh. Bothers me even in a couple old lego games when I can't invert.

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Beyond Good & Evil 2 Sept 26, 2023 15:31:49 GMT

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Ubisoft animator demo reel with a cutscene from the 2008 version of BG&E 2 has been found

Pey'j : and then the kid asked me if the engine is ready... and d'you know what I told her?

HH(?) : uh no, no... I dunno

Pey'j : 'told her "yes ma'am, I've aligned the axle... with the holes!

That last phrase is actually a pun in french with the saying "avoir les yeux en face des trous" litterally "to have the eyes aligned with the (eye)holes", meaning "to see straight" and the french word for axle, "l'éssieu", which sounds a lot like "les yeux".

full Demo Reel

www.behance.net/gallery/54548445/Demo-Animation

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Jägerbomber Administrator Posts: 14,195	Beyond Good & Evil 2 Nov 29, 2023 14:52:34 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Jägerbomber on Nov 29, 2023 14:52:34 GMT XBOX Store leaked BG&E Remaster OH NO
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spaceboy Administrator Posts: 1,027	Beyond Good & Evil 2 Nov 29, 2023 17:47:13 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by spaceboy on Nov 29, 2023 17:47:13 GMT interested to see how this turns out!

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Beyond Good & Evil 2 Feb 15, 2024 19:15:09 GMT

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Post by Jägerbomber on Feb 15, 2024 19:15:09 GMT

Recent news about a planned strike at Ubisoft Montpellier contains interviews of several employees. A few of them mention the ongoing development of Beyond Good and Evil 2 and suggest many employees have spent +5 or +7 years working on this project (for some of those, this represents their entire game dev career) and how some feel burnt out and would like some more variety and to be assigned to other/shorter titles.

Not the most positive news for Ubisoft however this clearly indicates the project is still under active development.